Reservoir Volumes and Storage for Drought Monitoring as of August 2015
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Storage in selected Maryland reservoirs for the end of August, 2015
| Water System |
Reservoir |
Percent Full* |
Days of Storage** |
|
City of Frostburg |
Piney |
99% |
598 |
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| City of Cumberland |
Lake Gordon |
100% |
395 |
| Lake Koon |
91% |
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City of Baltimore
|
Liberty |
96% |
341 |
| Loch Raven |
96% |
| Prettyboy |
98% |
| Total |
97% |
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|
|
WSSC |
Triadelphia Reservoir |
79% |
151 |
| Rocky Gorge/Duckett |
| Seneca Creek Reserve |
98% |
NA |
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| All Potomac River Plants |
Jennings-Randolph Reserve*** |
100% |
NA |
* Percent Full is the ratio of current volume to the maximum usable volume in each reservoir at the end of the month.
** Days of Storage is the amount of days it would take to use current volume of reservoir (w/o recharge) based on average raw water withdrawals from similar time frame from previous two years.
*** Percent full for Jennings-Randolph Reservoir is based on alloted amount of water in reservoir used to supplement Potomac River flow for drinking water purposes.
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Please contact the Water Supply Program at
WATER.SUPPLY@maryland.gov or 410-537-3702
